Number Skills for College

The intent of this syllabus is to provide adult education program administrators and instructors a suggested core and title for the provision of a transition math class. It is expected that this class will match the needs of adult learners to prepare for and develop skills for placement testing and success in college level math courses, and to avoid the repetition of a basic developmental course at the post secondary level.

Suggested contact hours: 45-60

Course DescriptionThe Transition Curriculum is designed for high school graduates or GED recipients who intend to or are applying to post-secondary institutions. This course covers the basic arithmetic of whole numbers, exponents and roots, the order of operations, fractions, decimals, percents, ratio and proportion, measurement and units, integers, geometry, simple statistics and includes applications that use those topics. Students will learn to work with and without the use of a calculator.

Use whole numbers in the four basic arithmetic operations (+, -, x, /)

The York County Adult Education Math Curriculum Framework is available; completion of Tier I is recommended.

Placement TestingBased on current admissions procedures at the Maine Community College System, various cut scores are required at individual campuses. Placement into a Number Skills for College course or program of study is recommended for students scoring less than 60 on the arithmetic section of the Accuplacer examination or scoring less than 490 in math in a recent (within one year) GED test. These scores closely align with a 10.0 GE or 580 Scale Score on the TABE A.